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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
4,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 204
At the Church of England Schoolroom, Rookwood, on Friday evening last, a lecture was delivered by Mr. A. [?]. Brackenbury, B.A, M.C.P., under the auspices of the Rookwood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A branch of the Railway Association was formed here on Saturday evening, Mr. Burge, stationmaster, being elected chairman; Mr. D. Armand, secretary; and Mr. J. Burch, treasurer. Mr. Schey, M.L.A., was present, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →For the convenience of the public there has been placed on the Sydney Railway Station, near the ticket offices, a box for letters, advertisements, and business announcements in connection with the Sydney Morning Herald…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,--After travelling for two months over a great portion of Victoria and South Australia, I returned to Sydney by the express from Melbourne last Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A FEW minutes after 11 last night, a motor, turning out of Elizabeth [?] Phillip-street, jumped the rails at the bend, and, cutting straight across the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, This Day.--Another accident occured at Terowie this morning, owing to the reckless system in which the unfortunate railway guards are compelled…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--A special general meeting of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce will be held on Tuesday, May 1, to consider the suggestions of the deputation of April,25 with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Under the heading of "The Locomotives " an article appeared in our issue of yesterday referring to the picnic of the employes of Mort's Dock. A number of speeches were made at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--Owing to carelessness a train at Mount Gambier ran onto the wrong line, dashed into a running-shed, and collided with a stationary engine. Both locomotives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Monday.--The total revenue from the South Australian lines of railway for the week ending April 21, 1888, amounts to £17,426. The entire revenue from these lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The tender of Messrs. D. Munro and Co. for £99,769 has been accepted for the construction of the Kerang to Swan-hill railway, a distance of 35 miles. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serions railway accident occorrcd here to-day through some neglect of the points. The ballast train, when coming into the station to allow the up-mail to cross, ran off the rails, and the engine turned itself into the bank at the side…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir,—The residents from the corner of Oxford-street to the top of Goodhope-street are excessively troubled with volumes of dust, greatly increased since the company's line of omnibuses have been running through to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--With the activity in mining matters now prevailing in the colony, there is springing up a practice fraught with very great danger to the travelling public. I refer to the carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Premierstated to a deputation yesterday that the Government are on the eve of submitting proposals to Parliament for substituting cable trams for those in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Premier has only himself to thank for the agitated discussion raised by Mr. Di[?]s last night with respect to the proposed appointment…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEWCASTLE, This Day.—Yesterday an accident occurred on the railway line hero through a ballast train having run off the grails during shunting. The malt train,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This Day. — A railway fettler, named William Thompson, was killed at 7.30 this morning by goods train No. 44, about two miles on the Goulburn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A deputation of the businces residents of Oxford-street banded together as the Oxford-street Progress Association, and keaded by Messrs. Withers and Riley,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,—After travelling for two month over a great portion of Victoria and South Australia, I returned to Sydney by the express from Melbourne last Wednesday…
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